Photo: Buchanan-Hermit · Public domainFor health, Cloverdale is ahead of 86% of Canadian towns
About as many adults call their health very good or excellent here as across British Columbia, 50% against 50%. For Cloverdale itself the measure is access, and it lags: 8.3 km to the nearest hospital, where 3.7 km is typical. The Health grade for Cloverdale is A, #118 of 254 in British Columbia and #871 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Cloverdale
Smoking runs low
Smoking is rarer around Cloverdale than in the typical Canadian town’s region, and 5.6% of adults smoke every day. Conditions and habits ↓
Longer lives in the region
Life expectancy in the region around Cloverdale runs 1.7 years ahead of the typical Canadian town’s, and at 65 people can expect 22.1 more years (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
A lighter load of illness
For its ages, the region carries less long-term illness than most: high blood pressure for 16% of adults, diabetes for 6.7%. Conditions and habits ↓
Pharmacies on every corner
A typical home in Cloverdale has 8.2 pharmacies within 3 km, the nearest 0.6 km away. Getting care ↓
From Statistics Canada: the health survey and life expectancy for the health region, the deprivation index for the town; distances from the healthcare facilities database and OpenStreetMap.
Cloverdale grades A for health
Each input ranked against Canadian towns of 2,500 or more: the region’s four, the town’s distance to a hospital.
The region’s four figures and the town’s distance to a hospital are each ranked against Canadian towns of 2,500 or more, then averaged. Its place: #118 of 254 in British Columbia and #871 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
How the grade works
Health is graded as a regional score, labelled as such: very good or excellent self-rated health, chronic conditions (arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure averaged) and smoking from the Canadian Community Health Survey, each age-standardised so an older region isn’t marked down for age alone, and life expectancy at birth, all for the health region. The residents’ average distance to a hospital is the one input measured for the town itself, so towns in one region can still differ.
16% of the region’s adults have high blood pressure and 6.7% diabetes
Long-term conditions and habits as the region’s adults reported them; the tick marks the province.
Conditions and weight · 2023/2024
Habits · 2023/2024
About as many adults report obesity as across British Columbia: 23%, the province 25%.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (table 13-10-0972), as published, not adjusted for age; obesity from reported height and weight. The anxiety disorder figure is the 2021/2022 estimate: Statistics Canada found the latest too unreliable to publish here.
How the 16 health regions in British Columbia compare on life expectancy
Regional life expectancy in British Columbia, then the town’s place on the national deprivation index.
Life expectancy at birth by health region · 2022/2024
Life expectancy in British Columbia runs from 76.6 to 86.8; this region sits 5th of the 16.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
Context only: each bar is the residents’ average quintile on one dimension of Statistics Canada’s index, for Cloverdale’s own areas.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
Getting to hospital from Cloverdale: 8.3 km on average
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Cloverdale’s own, not the region’s.
Residents of Cloverdale travel further than most of the province: the typical town in British Columbia is 4.4 km from a hospital, the typical Canadian town 3.7 km.
Hospitals and clinics: Statistics Canada, Open Database of Healthcare Facilities. Pharmacies: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Straight-line distances from each dissemination area, weighted by its 2021 population.
Just under the trend for regions as deprived
Compared region with region (102 health regions, each figure shared by all its towns); Cloverdale’s region is near the line.
Deprivation explains most of the gap between regions (correlation −0.83 over 102), and Cloverdale’s region is a typical case: 83.2 years at a score of 2.3, where the trend says 83.4. Even beside regions as deprived, it stands out: 7 of its 10 closest matches fall short, their median 82.9 years.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, 2022/2024, by health region. Deprivation: Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation 2021 (situational vulnerability), averaged over each region’s towns by their residents; income: 2021 Census median household income, averaged the same way. The averages and the line are TownRatings calculations.
About as many rate their health highly here as in British Columbia: 50% and 50%
The survey’s answers for the region as given, each beside the province’s (the tick).
Share of adults, as answered · 2023/2024
Asked about their mental health, 51% of adults here said very good or excellent; across British Columbia it was 49%, and 23% reported most days stressful.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Among 40 towns its size, Cloverdale is 35th nearest a hospital
Ordered by residents’ distance to a hospital: 40 Canadian towns of 13,302 to 13,940 people, median 2.6 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Queen West ON A | 13,599 | 0.4 km | 50% |
| 2 | Durand ON B+ | 13,338 | 0.7 km | 53% |
| 3 | Vanier QC A+ | 13,494 | 0.8 km | 62% |
| 33 | Douglasdale/Glen AB A | 13,333 | 6.3 km | 56% |
| 34 | Sidney BC A | 13,445 | 6.5 km | 55% |
| 35 | Cloverdale BC A | 13,615 | 8.3 km | 50% |
| 36 | Beaverton ON B | 13,710 | 9.2 km | 50% |
| 37 | Hammonds Plains NS B | 13,844 | 10 km | 51% |
| 40 | Lorette MB C+ | 13,509 | 16 km | 51% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Cloverdale
The places around, with the distance to a hospital and their regions’ figures. Tap a town for its health page.
| Town | Hospital | Very good health | Life exp. | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cloverdale | 8.3 km | 50% | 83.2 | A |
| Rosewood Park 1.8 km | 6.6 km | 50% | 83.2 | A |
| Provinceton 1.9 km | 8.1 km | 50% | 83.2 | A |
| Sunrise Estates 2.2 km | 6.4 km | 50% | 83.2 | A |
| Surrey Centre 2.5 km | 9.1 km | 50% | 83.2 | A |
| Clayton Heights 2.8 km | 7.3 km | 50% | 83.2 | A |
| Aloha Estates 2.8 km | 6.4 km | 50% | 83.2 | A |
Cloverdale and all of these places belong to one health region: the regional figures repeat, the hospital distances don’t.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Adjusted for age. Standardising for age lets a retirement region and a young one be set side by side; the charts keep the raw answers, the grade the standardised ones.
- Who the survey asks. People on reserves and in institutions, full-time military members and the residents of Nunavik and Eeyou Istchee aren’t interviewed by the survey.
- Deprivation is context. The Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation (2021) is context, never graded, and the territories have none.
- What counts as a hospital. Facility locations come from Statistics Canada’s open database; records without coordinates sit at their postal code, and not every hospital has an emergency room.
- Regional figures. Statistics Canada reports the survey and life expectancy by health region, not by town: Cloverdale shares them with its neighbours, while the distances are measured for it alone.
- Distances are straight lines. Each small census area is measured as the crow flies to the nearest facility and weighted by its 2021 residents, so real trips run longer.
Questions about health in Cloverdale
What is the life expectancy in Cloverdale?
There is no figure for Cloverdale alone; its health region’s is 85.8 for women and 80.7 for men in 2022/2024.
How is Cloverdale’s Health Grade worked out?
Canada’s grades haven’t been set, so Cloverdale has none yet; when they are, Health will set its region and its hospital distance against the typical Canadian town.
How far is Cloverdale from a hospital?
For everyday care, Cloverdale’s residents are 0.6 km from a pharmacy and 0.7 km from a clinic on average.
How healthy is Cloverdale?
Most of the region’s figures sit on the healthier side of the typical Canadian town’s, though not all. On arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure, the region’s average share is 15%.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (13-10-0972) · Statistics Canada, life expectancy 2022/2024 (13-10-0988) · Statistics Canada, health regions 2023 (82-402-X) · Statistics Canada, Open Database of Healthcare Facilities · pharmacies © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · Statistics Canada, Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation 2021. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).